Nameless King Phase 2

[A Bonafide Skeleton]

How do you beat him? You can't parry him, he breaks through shields, you can't dodge roll through his attacks and he keeps spamming his lethal combo.

[bAllu]

always roll towards him when he charges, not away

[Alisa Saoni...]

Originally posted by bAllu:

always roll towards him when he charges, not away

Indeed

[Odd]

use a lightning buff, it deals extra damage against him

[Odd]

Originally posted by Saoni:

Originally posted by bAllu:

always roll towards him when he charges, not away

Agreed

pretty much

[40+13x-3=17x-363]

Originally posted by Arthur the Squid:

he breaks through shields

Dragonslayer greatshield, or any shield buffed with great/magic shield.

Originally posted by Arthur the Squid:

you can't dodge roll through his attacks

All of his attacks can be rolled.

Originally posted by Arthur the Squid:

and he keeps spamming his lethal combo.

No such thing, he has no stunlock combos.

[alicerinz]

Dont panic roll.Run away if he hits you with one of his "casual" attacks since he can spam them lots if any attack gets you.Learn those timings.Nothing else can help you here.Really

[JimPappa]

Originally posted by Lolimancer:

Originally posted by Arthur the Squid:

and he keeps spamming his lethal combo.

No such thing, he has no stunlock combos.

Actually he has one. But it's just a two hit combo. Can be deadly if you don't have a lot of HP.

Originally posted by Odd:

use a lightning buff, it deals extra damage against him

Not in phase 2.

If you're using buffs, use fire or bleed during phase 2. Bleed should work very well against him. Even god kings can bleed.

[ttv/RogueArcade]

The thing to understand about Nameless King is he is like a 'fighting games' character with combo strings. He can choose to do 1-2-3-4 hits from any of his combos. The trick is to recognize which combo he is doing, judge how far into the string he will go that time, and then use the small window after he's done to hit him once.

For example, he will rarely ever use his 'triple spear thrust' and more often than not only do 1 or maybe 2 melee thrusts in a row. You will see what I mean once you start thinking of the Boss in this way... he is the only boss in the game that chooses from a variety of combos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxikDQAPGaU

This is my YouTube LP that I am currently doing and @ 3 hours in I kill him, started at 2:25:00

Watch the moments leading up to that kill if you want to better understand how he works.

[EdgeApe]

Originally posted by Arthur the Squid:

How do you beat him? You can't parry him, he breaks through shields, you can't dodge roll through his attacks and he keeps spamming his lethal combo.

you just need to git gud ;^)

[JimPappa]

Originally posted by Nameless:

he is the only boss in the game that chooses from a variety of combos.

He's not the only one.

For an example, Pontiff Sulyvahn can extend his combos or shorten them depending on the distance between you and him.

[Ardon]

He has a pattern for his attacks that is always the same lenght apart. Prioritise dodging over attacking. Only one R1 per attack, then prepare for the dodge.
You can use a high physical and lightning absorb shield (Lothric Knight Shield) to block, but chip damage will still come through.
Sorcerers can buff their shield with Great Magic Shield to nullify the damage.
Fast weapons recommended, and he is weak to lightning.

[Mephisto]

His phase 2 really isn't bad. His charge attacks are fast, so roll early. Get one hit in after his combo's which will take a bit of experience to memorize. His lightning slams only shoot out sparks if he slams his swordspear into the ground, not if he stomps. If he starts doing a buff on his swordspear, whack at him a few times, and dodge a half second after you hear the thunder crack.

[Dan000000]

if hes to hard for you just use a crossbow and cheese him